I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Dental Materials

2. Course Prefix & Number:
DENT 1124

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course is designed to provide knowledge of dental materials to include the properties, application, and mixing technique of each material. It will cover the identification of dental materials hazardous components and how to handle the material along with the correct disposal method of the hazardous material.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Dental Assisting, AAS Degree
Dental Assisting, Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written communication skills	Record Material Safety Data Sheet information for each lab procedure.
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Read lab procedure evaluations for mixing and applying dental materials.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Follow directions for lab assignments outside of lecture.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Describe the properties of dental materials;
• Show the manipulation of dental materials;
• Recall the utilization of dental materials;
• Identify hazardous components in dental materials;
• Demonstrate the use of personal protective equipment that must be used for the practice of dentistry in the laboratory; and
• Demonstrate laboratory housekeeping practices that contribute to infection control and safety

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Historical developments of dental materials
• The importance of the study of dental materials for the allied oral health practitioner
2. Agencies responsible for setting standards and specifications of dental materials
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Standard
3. Infectious, physical, and chemical hazards in a dental office
• Basic infection control methods for the handling of dental materials
4. Physical properties of materials as they relate to dentistry
• Wetting
• Mechanical properties: elasticity, strain, stress
• types of stress
• Phases into which materials are classified
• Primary and secondary bonds
• Bonding characteristics of metals, ceramics, plastics, and composites
5. Gypsum products
• Setting times for gypsum
• Uses for gypsum products
6. Hydrocolloid impression materials      
• Reversible hydrocolloid
• Reversible hydrocolloid use
• Reversible hydrocolloid properties
• Alginate
• Alginate impression material use
• Alginate impression material properties
7. Elastomeric impression materials
• Polysulfide
• Polysulfide impression material use
• Polysulfide impression material properties
• Polyether
• Polyether impression material use
• Polyether impression material properties
• Vinylpolysiloxane
• Vinylpolysiloxane impression material use
• Vinylpolysiloxane impression material properties
• Condensation silicone
• Condensation silicone  impression material use
• Condensation silicone impression material properties
8. Types of alloys used to make all metal crowns, and partial denture framework
• lost-wax casting process used in dentistry to make metal restorations
9. Dental cements
• Base/liner/temporary cement
• Base/liner/temporary cement properties
• Zinc phosphate cement
• Zinc phosphate properties
• Polycarboxylate cement
• Polycarboxylate cement properties
• Glass ionomer cements
• Glass ionomer cements properties
• Synthetic resin cement
• Synthetic resin cement properties
10. Adhesives/bonding in dentistry
11. Composite Resin
• identify light cure composites
• describe light cure composites properties
12. Amalgam
• Amalgam properties
13. Dental waxes
14. Tooth whitening
• Materials used in bleaching agents
• Process of tooth whitening
15. Mouth guard
• Materials used for mouth guards
16. Dental sealant
• Dental sealant properties
17. Abrasives used in dentistry
18. Oral appliances used in dentistry
19. Acrylic resins in dentistry

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Gypsum products
• plaster
• stone
2. Alginate impression material
3. Elastomeric impression material
• Polysulfide impression material mixing and handling
• Polyether impression material mixing and handling
• Vinylpolysiloxane impression material mixing and handling
• Condensation silicone impression material mixing and handling
4. Cements
• Base/liner/temporary cements mixing and handling
• Zinc phosphate mixing and handling
• Polycarboxylate cement mixing and handling
• Glass ionomer cement mixing and handling
• Synthetic resin cement mixing and handling
5. Composite material
• Light-cure composite material mixing and handling
• Self-cure composite material mixing and handling
6. Amalgam
• Amalgam material mixing and handling
7. Removable appliances
• Cleaning and polishing of removable appliances
8. Waxes
9. Whitening tray
10. Mouth guard
11. Sealant application on a typodont
12. Abrasive agents